The former head of Russia’s security service FSB, lawmaker Nikolai Kovalyov, believes that the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) could be behind Friday’s blast that killed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) leader Alexander Zakharchenko, TASS reported.
"The present-day Ukraine views armed terror as an efficient way to put pressure, and actively uses it to deal with its opponents," said Kovalyov, who is also a member of the security committee at the State Duma, the lower chamber of the Russian parliament.
He said the blast, which left two people dead and nine injured, "is highly likely to be [organized] by the Security Service of Ukraine, by the state which is now called Ukraine."
"As far as the aftermath of this attack is concerned, I don’t expect any drastic changes," the lawmaker said. "As global practice shows, political goals cannot be achieved through methods of terror. However, if the West fails to react to the surge of terrorist activities in Ukraine, it would look weird."
